Hommage à Rossini (TV 1985)

Stars:

Paul Brooke, Claudio Abbado, Montserrat Caballé

Cast

Credited cast:
Paul Brooke	...	Signor Gioachino Rossini
Claudio Abbado	...	Conductor
Montserrat Caballé	...	Soprano
Marilyn Horne	...	Mezzo-soprano
Francisco Araiza	...	Tenor
Ruggero Raimondi	...	Baritone
Samuel Ramey	...	Basse-Baritone
Eva Lind	...	Soprano
Raquel Pierotti	...	Mezzo-soprano
Giorgio Surjan	...	Baritone
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe	...	Orchestra
Choeurs de Radio France	...	Chorus

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

versailles | rossini | homage | party | gala | 

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Country:

France UK

Language:

French Italian

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 88 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Canzonetta Spagnuola - En medio a mis colores"
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Marilyn Horne

User Reviews

Wonderful concert, issue this on DVD!

This is a wonderful concert, as if done at Versailles as a homage to Rossini, who is played by an actor sitting in a box. Everyone is in second empire costume, everything is great fun, including Caballé playing the castanets. There are minor musical blemishes, as they filmed this live, but that matters little. Horne excels in Semiramide, the Spanish song in the intermission, and the Tancredi duet with Caballé, Raimondi and Ramey in arias from Il Viaggio a Reims, Caballé in Guillaume Tell, Araiza in the Stabat Mater; everything is expertly guided by Abbado. Truly a Rossini feast. This should be issued on DVD, i would rush immediately to the next shop to buy it.